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Vanuatu wins major cricket award

The Vanuatu Cricket Association has taken out the award for Best Spirit of Cricket Initiative at the ICC Development Programme Annual Awards ceremony.

Vanuatu wins major cricket award (Credit: ABC)

The award is global recognition for Vanuatu's Women's Islands Cricket Program that used used traditional island cricket on Ifira Island as a means to create awareness about nutrition, non-communicable diseases, maternal health and leadership.

Presenter: Richard Ewart

Adam Cassidy, the East Asia Pacific Regional Project Officer for the ICC

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